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1909-1910 



Organized November 20, 1908. 

Chartered January 19. 1909. 

Chapter Number &]9. 









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Regent Miss Elizabeth Clifford Neff 

First Vice Regent Mrs. Mary K. Johnson Hartzell 

Second Vice Regent Mrs. Anna H. Taylor Harter 

Secretary Mrs. Emma Hurt Croasdaile 

Treasurer MiSS MaRY P. MaRTIN 

Registrar Mrs. Nora Durfee Wilhelm 

Historian Mrs. ELIZABETH S. McFarland Reed 



^narb of Ulanaripmrnt 

The Officers of the Chapter, and 

Mrs. Laura S. Martin Marchand, 

Chairman Ways and Means Committee. 

Mrs. Alice Reed Rose, Mrs. Florence West Rankin, 

Mrs. Mary B. Brant, Mrs. Mary B. Saxton Barber, 

Mrs. Anna Eliza Harrison, 



Parliamentarian Mrs. Anna M. E. White 



1909 - 1910 

Onl^ those who take pride in ancestors rvill do anything 
to make posterity take pride in them. — Carly^le. 



Wttabtr ?Etgl)tppntI? 

Hostess Mrs. Marchand 

Roll Call: Family Annals or Summer Experiences: 

Early History of Stark County Mrs. Reed 

Nnbptttbrr iHtftprnili 

Hostess Mrs. Rose 

Report of Delegates to State Conference. 

Our Puritan Ancestors in Their Three Homes: 

Holland, England and America Mrs. Jones 



January ^ffarntpptttb 
Hostess Miss Reed 

Roll Call: Colonial Customs. 
The Cavalier, The Quaker, The Burgher: Their 

Contributions to Patriotism Mrs. White 

Jfpbruary 2Ifapntti-firat 

Hostesses Mesdames Davis and Rankin 

Roll Call: Washington's Generals. 
The Faithful Friend of Washington, Le Marquis 

de Lafayette Mrs. HaRRISON 

iiarrii Qlfopntg-first 

Hostess Mrs. Snell 

Conversation: Naval Battles of the Revolution. 
Winter Encampments I 776-81 Mrs. Marchand 



April Sigl^trrnll) 

Hostess Mrs. Jones 

Roll Call: Women of the Revolution. 
Life During the Revolution Mrs. Rankin 

Mni] ^ixtpfutfj 
Hostess Mrs. Keplinger 

Report of Delegates to Continental Congress. 
Election of Officers. 



"Time goes on crutches till rve meet again. 
So fare ^oa n>cll till then, and God he nuth vdu." 



of 

®l|r Olantnn OllfapJrr i. A. ?R 

ADOPTED NOVEMBER 20. 1 90S 

ARTICLE I.— NAME. 

The name of this Chapter shall be THE CANTON CHAPTER OF 
THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

ARTICLE IL— MEMBERSHIP. 

Section 1. All women who are duly qualified for membership in 
the National Society of the D. A. R. are eligible to membership, pro- 
vided, the applicant shall be acceptable to the Chapter and endorsed 
by two members who are personally acquainted with her and can 
vouch for her acceptability. 

Section 2. The preliminary application paper of a proposed candi- 
date mu.?t be sent to the Registrar by the applicant. The Registrar 
shall present the name to the Board of Management. Election by the 
Board of Management must be by ballot, and three negative votes 
shall defeat the election. The details of such vote and the name of a 
defeated candidate shall forever be kept secret by the members of the 
Board. If elected, application blanks to the National Society shall 
then be furnished by the Registrar. These blanks must be filled out 
in duplicate, signed by the two members who have endorsed the appli- 
cant, and returned to the Registrar, accompanied by the entrance fee 
and the dues for the current year. If the Registrar finds the papers 
properly filled out, they must then be signed by the Regent, Secre- 



tary and Registrar, and transmitted by the Registrar to tlie Registrar 
General for the approval of the National Board of Management. Tlie 
applicant must be duly notified by the Registrar of the action taken 
upon her papers. Applications shall not be endorsed by any of the 
officers or members of the Board of iVIanagement, providing tlie mem- 
bership of the Chapter exceeds twenty-five. 

Section 3. A member of the National Society not having belonged 
to any other Chapter, must be endorsed by two members of the Can- 
ton Chapter, and must send her endorsed application to the Registi'ar. 
She must be elected by the Board of Management as any other 
applicant. 

Section 4. An applicant v/ho is already a member of a Chapter, 
must send to the Regi.'^trar the formal transfer card, as prescribed by 
the National Society, endorsed l.y one member of the Canton Chapter, 
and accompanied by a copy of her membership papers. Her name 
must then be acted upon by the Board of Management as described 
in Article II, Section 2. 

Section 5. Members of the Canton Chapter wishing to be trans- 
ferred, must apply to the Registrar for transfer cards and copies of 
their membersliip papers. 

gection 0. After ?vTarch, 1909. only three successful candidates 
shall be endorsed by a memlier during any one year. 

Section 7. The membership of this Chapter shall not be restricted 
to any definite numl>er. 



ARTICLE III.— PEES AND DUES. 

Section 1. The initiation fee shall be that prescribed by the 
National Society. ^ 

Section 2. The annual dues shall be two dollars. 

Section 3. Annual dues nnust be paid to the Treasurer of the Chap- 
ter on or before January the first. A member who is delinquent in 
her dues shall be notified by the Trea.surer in November, and, if neces- 
sary, again in December, after which if she remains in arrears, her 
case shall be referred to the Board of Management. A member who 
remains in arrears for dues one year after case has been referred to 
the Board of Management, may be dropped from the rolls by action of 
tlie Board. 

ARTICLE IV.— OFFICERS. 

Section 1. The officers of this Chapter shall consist of a Regent, 
First Vice-Regent, Second Vice-Regent, Secretary, Treasurer, Regis- 
trar and Historian, who shall hold their offices during the term of one 
year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. 

No member shall hold two offices at the same time. 

Section 2. The Officers shall be elected by ballot at the annual 
meeting. Nominations shall be made by a nominating ballot, the two 
members receiving: tlie liighest number of votes shall be considered as 
candidates, and after an interval of ten minutes, sliall be voted upon 
accordingly. A majority of those present shall elect. No votes by 
proxies will be received. 



ARTICLE v.— BOARD OP MANAGEMENT. 

Section 1. The Board of Management shall consist of the Officers 
of the Chapter, the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, and 
five other members of the Chapter. At the first election, three mem- 
bers shall be elected for two years, and two members for one year. 
Each year thereafter the number required to keep the Board at its 
requisite membership shall be elected always for two years. Election 
of Members of the Board of Management shall proceed as follows: 

A nominating ballot shall first be taken. The names of all the 
candidates proposed shall than be written on each ballot by the mem- 
bers present. A cross shall indicate tlie names for which each mem- 
ber wishes to vote. The two or three names on the ticket receiving 
the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. 

Section 2. The Board of Management shall devise plans for pro- 
moting the objects of the Chapter; consider and prepare business; 
authorize the expenditure of moneys in the treasury other than cur- 
rent expenses, subject to the approval of the Chapter; have power to 
fill vacancies in office; shall judge of qualification of applicants for 
admission when presented by the Registrar, and elect the same; and 
shall perform such other duties as may be necessary. 

The Board of Management shall not take action upon the name of 
an applicant at the meeting at which her name is presented. 

Section 3. Meetings of the Board of Management shall be held at 
the call of the Regent, and five members sliall constitute a quorum. 
Special meetings shall be called by the Regent at the request of the 
members of the Board. 

ARTICLE VL— DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

Section 1. The REGENT shall preside at all the meetings of the 
Chapter and Board of Management. She shall have general direction 
and management of the business of the Chapter, including the ap- 



pointment of all committees. She shall sign all official certificates or 
documents, all contracts or obligations of the Chapter, and all war- 
rants drawn on the Treasurer for monej^ appropriated by the Chapter 
or Board of Management. She shall have power to convene special 
meetings of the Chapter and call meetings of the Board of Manage- 
ment. She shall receive, on election, from each retiring OflScer, all 
property belonging to the Chapter which pertains to the office, and 
shall deliver the same to each newly elected Officer, with full instruc- 
tions regarding her duties. And she shall perform from time to time, 
such other representative duties as may be imposed upon her by the 
Board of Management. 

Section 2. In the absence of the Regent, the duties of the office 
shall be performed by the First or Second Vice Regent, and they 
shall be ex-officio members of the Board of Management. 

Section 3. The SECRETARY shall record and preserve the minutes 
of all meetings of the Chapter and Board of Management, and keep 
a register of all the members; attend to all correspondence of the 
Chapter; give notice of all meetings as directed by the Regent; give 
notice to all officers of orders or votes affecting them: notify the 
Vice-President-General in charge of Organization and the State Reg- 
ent of the election of Chapter Officers; have charge of the seal, char- 
moneys appropriated by tlie Chapter or Board of Management; and 
provide and have the custody of all stationery and supplies ordered by 
ter, by-laws and records; sign all warrants on the treasury for 
the Board of Management. She shall be ex-officio a member of the 
Board of Manag'ement. 

Section 4. The TREASURER shall collect the dues and deposit all 
money belonging to the Chapter in such bank as the Board of Man- 
agement shall direct; disburse money only on onler ^i^ned by the 
Reg-ent and Secretary; keep a correct account of all receipts and dis- 
bursements: send promptly to the Treasurer-General the dues and 



reports as prescribed by the Constitution of the National Society, 
and the fees and dues of applicants for membership at the same time 
that the papers are sent to the Rogistrar-Oeneral: send tWD notices 
to members who are delinquent in their dues, and then report their 
case to the Board of Management; and submit the year's report to 
an Auditing Committee before presentation to the annual meeting. 
She shall be ex-officio a member of the Board of Management. 

Section 5. The REGISTRAR shall have the care and custody of all 
application papers. She shall furnish candidates with preliminary 
and National application blanks. Duplicates of the latter, properly 
approved by the National Officers, shall be retained by the Registrar. 
She shall examine all National application papers and shall approve 
the same, if they are i)roperly filled nut. If not. she siiall i-etu'.n tlu' 
papers, pointing out their defects. She shall also keep a complete 
alphabetical roster nf the ontire niembersliip, wilii dates of d.'a;!i-, 
transfers, etc., and shall make all required copies of membership 
papers. She shall notify successful candidates of their election, and 
shall be ex-officio a member of the Board of Management. 

Section 6. The HISTORIAN shall keep a record of all historical 
and commemorative meetings of the Chapter, and she shall prepare 
historical papers as the object of the Society demands. She shall be 
ex-offlcio a member of the Board of Management. 

ARTICLE VII.— MEETINGS. 

Section 1. There shall be at least six reeiil«r iiifctlnSiH of tliis 

Cha))ter yearly, including the annual meeting: tlic fir.«t meting tr> ]■•■ 
held in October. Special meetings may be called at any time by the 
Regent. 

Section 2. The annual meeting of this Chapter shall be hold in 
May. 



Section 3. At any regular meeting of the Chapter, ten members 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business except when 
the expenditure of money over and above the general expenses and 
over ten dollars is involved, when fifteen members shall constitute a 
quorum. 

Section 4. The Chapter shall select Robert's Rules of Parliamen- 
tary Law as its authority for government. 

ARTICLE VIII.— GUESTS. 

Section 1. Any member of another Chapter of the Daughters of 
the American Revolution shall be welcome as a guest at the meetings 
of this Chapter, if invited by a member of the Canton Chapter. 

Section 2. Any member of the Canton Chapter having an out-of- 
town guest, may invite her to a meeting of this Chapter. 

Section 3. Other guests may be invited at the discretion of the 
members participating in the program, or members having charjeje of 
a meeting may invite as many as five guests by consulting the pleas- 
ure of those participating in the program. 

Section 4. Guests may be invited to social events by action of 
the Chapter. 

Section 5. No guest shall be present at the annual meeting. 

ARTICLE IX. — AMENDMENTS. 

These by-laws may be amended at any regular meeting of the 
Chapter, by a two-thirds vote of the members present, notice of a 



proposed amendment having been mailed by the Secretary to each 
member of the Chapter at least five days before the meeting at which 
the amendment is to be acted upon, and the proposed amendment hav- 
ing been read at a previous meeting. 



mpmbFrs of (Eanton (Sliaptw 2^. ^. i. A. iS. 



♦Mrs. Clara B. Martin Alexander 123 West North Street 

•Miss Annie O. Anderson Denver, Colorado 

Mrs. Susan Manning Ball 602 South Cleveland Avenue 

*Mrs. Mary B. Saxton Barber 333 South Market Street 

♦Mrs. Eva L. Oby Beebout 921 West Lake Street 

♦Mrs. Mary B. Brant 848 North Market Street 

Mrs. Harriet N. Banner Campbell 605 West Lake Street 

♦Mrs. Ella Houser Cock 311 West Ninth Street 

♦Mrs. Emma Hurt Croasdaile 1711 Woodland Avenue 

Mrs. Terressa A. M. Danner 436 South Market Street 

♦Mrs. Lena G. Davis 326 West Eighth Street 

♦Mrs. Hattie Merritt Erdman 521 West Lake Street 

Mrs. Esther R. Danner Gaskell 1807 North Cleveland Avenue 

♦Mrs. Anna Eliza Harrison Massillon, Ohio 

♦Miss Anna Pauline Harrison Massillon, Ohio 

♦Mrs. Anna H. Taylor Harter 1543 North Market Street 

♦Mrs. Mary K. Johnson Hartzell 203 East North Street 

♦Miss Grace Whiting Huntington New York City 

Mrs. Ada Jones Israel Mt. Vernon, Ohio 

Mrs. Daisy Barr Johnston 1440 North Cleveland Avenue 

Mrs. J. Alice Danner Jones 918 North Cleveland Avenue 

♦Charter Member. 



.Miss Nellie Tyrone Kalt-x' Massillon, Ohio 

Mrs. Fannie Barr Keplinger 828 North Cleveland Avenue 

♦Mrs. Laura S. Martin Marchand 1118 North Market Street 

*Miss Mary P. Martin 1118 North Market Street 

♦Mrs. Mary F. Welrick Melbourne 1240 Woodland Avenue 

♦Miss Elizabeth Clifford Neff 406 High Street 

♦Mrs. Helen A. Battles Neff 406 High Street 

•Mrs. Elizabeth Raymond Norton .1358 Logan Avenue 

♦Mrs. Betsy Maples Young Odbert 1452 North Cleveland Avenue 

Mrs. Winnie Barr Petitt 729 North Cleveland Avenvie 

♦Mrs. Florence West Rankin 715 South McKinley Avenue 

Miss Elizabeth Reed 711 Shorb Street 

♦Mrs. Elizabeth S. McFarland Reed Massillon, Ohio 

♦Mrs. Alice Reed Rose 907 North Market Street 

♦Mrs. Anne W. Huntington Scott New York City 

Mrs. Amy Zallett Snell ] 800 Woodland Avenue 

♦Mrs. Nina Coleman Swineford 606 West Tenth Street 

♦Mrs. Louisa Bailey Vicary 1253 North Cleveland Avenue 

♦Mrs. Florence E. Ward Wellsville, Ohio 

♦Miss Florence W. Ward Wellsville, Ohio 

♦Miss Nellie Gray Weirick 1358 Logan Avenue 

Mrs. Anna M. E. White 916 Summit Street 

•Mrs. Nora Durfee Wilhelm 309 West Lake Street 



♦Charter Member. 



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